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Phajus albus. This stately Indian plant flowers in July 

 and August. The blossoms are pure white, except the lip, 

 which is pencilled with purple : continues blooming for five 

 weeks. It is a deciduous species, loses its leaves after the 

 growth is finished, and is best grown in a pot with rough, 

 fibrous peat, and good drainage, with a liberal supply of 

 water at the roots in the growing .season. After the growth 

 is completed it requires a good rest, by being placed in the 

 cool house, and kept dry, till it begins to grow, when it 

 should be put into heat, and treated as before. See Hints 

 on Propagation respecting this plant, of which there is a 

 variety with flowers wholly white. 



P. grandifolius. This noble evergreen plant comes from 

 China, grows three feet high, and produces its flower-spikes 

 one or two feet above the foliage, the colour of the flowers 

 being white and brown ; and blooms during the winter and 

 spring months, and lasts long in beauty if in a cool house. 

 This is a most useful plant for winter blooming, and a noble 

 plant for exhibition. 



P. WaUichii. An Indian Orchid, and one of the finest 

 in cultivation : a large-growing plant, about four or five feet 

 high, producing long upright spikes of flowers in March, 

 April, and May. The blossoms are orange-yellow in colour, 

 or buff tinged with purple : it will keep blooming for six 

 weeks. This makes a noble plant for exhibition. For 

 further notice of these plants, see remarks on Preparing 

 Orchids for Travelling. 



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An exceedingly fine genus, containing comparatively but 

 few species of not very large growth, but producing mag- 

 nificent flowers, which last long in beauty. Within the last 

 month or so has been added to it one of the finest of all 

 Orchids, viz., P. Schillerianq, which has really beautifully 



